Range Mate vs myClubhouse
myClubhouse is a premium, capable club management platform and website builder, used by all sorts of UK clubs. It has recently added a shooting add-on so members can log their firearms and shooting records. Range Mate is built from the ground up for UK target shooting clubs. Here is how they compare when shooting is your world.
| Feature | Range Mate | myClubhouse |
|---|---|---|
| The essentials | ||
| Membership management & renewals | ||
| Online payments & subscription collection | ||
| Member communications & email | ||
| Event & booking management | ||
| Shooting & UK compliance | ||
| Purpose-built for UK target shooting | Add-on module | |
| Members' firearms register | ||
| Digital shooting records & logs | ||
| Club gun management (club-owned firearms) | ||
| Minimum-shoot tracking & eligibility | ||
| FAC / SGC & probationer management | ||
| Automated police notifications | ||
| Home Office approved-club records & reports | ||
| Home Office approved guest day support | ||
| Section 21 prohibited-persons declarations | ||
| Handloading declarations | ||
| NRA SSC card ordering | ||
| Range maintenance & REACH lead compliance | ||
| Set-up & support | ||
| Set-up & admin overhead | Minimal, ready to go | Premium platform, more to configure |
| Support from people who run shooting clubs | ||
| Club website builder included | Not the focus | |
myClubhouse is a capable product and its features and pricing change over time. Always check their own site for the latest. This comparison reflects how each tool fits a UK target shooting club specifically.
- You run a UK target shooting club, syndicate or range
- You want shooting records, club guns and Home Office requirements handled out of the box
- You'd rather not bend a general tool with custom fields and workarounds
- You want support from people who actually run clubs
- You run a large or multi-discipline club wanting one broad platform
- You want a full club website and membership system in one place
- You have admin resource to configure and maintain a broad system
- A members' firearms list and shooting records cover your shooting-specific needs
The honest version
myClubhouse is good software. It's a premium, well-built platform, and as an all-in-one club website and membership system it does a lot. If you run a large or multi-discipline club and want one broad tool for the lot, that breadth is genuinely useful.
The shooting add-on is a fair start, and it's nice to see a general platform take an interest. In practice it covers a narrow slice: members recording the details of their own firearms, and uploading shooting records. That's worth having, but it's a small part of what it takes to run a UK gun club. The harder, club-specific work sits elsewhere: club-owned guns lent out to members, tracking minimum shoots and eligibility, FAC and SGC details, probationers working towards full membership, and the records and reports an approved club needs to satisfy the Home Office.
Range Mate starts from that end. It's built around how UK target shooting clubs actually run, so the shooting-specific work is handled out of the box rather than added on. You still get the memberships, payments, bookings and comms you'd expect, with everything a shooting club needs on top, and support from people who've run clubs themselves.